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IVILLIAM FRIEDRICH SCHROEDER, OF LONG GROVE, IOlVA.

WI RE- FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,498, dated December 27, 1898.

Application filed April 20,1898. Serial No. 678,293. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM FRIEDRICH SoHRoEnER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Grove, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Tire-Holder for Metallic Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to means for securing the line-wires of fences to metallic fence-posts.

The object of my invention is to provide simple, cheap, durable, and effective locking means whereby the line-wires of wire fences may be securely held in position at proper distances apart against metallic fence-posts.

lVith this object in view my invention con sists in a wire-holder pivotally secured to one edge of the post and provided with a straight inner side adapted to lie snug against the face of the post when in locked position, a horizontal groove being formed in said inner face to receive and hold the wire in position, and a locking-ring adapted to rigidly secure the wire-holder in contact with the post, and'thus lock the wire in position thereon.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 isa perspective view of a panel of fence equipped with my improved wire-locking devices. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a portion of one of the posts to which is attached the wire locking devices, the holder being in its raised position. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the same parts, showing the wire locked in position. Fig. 4 is a detail view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, showing the parts in the same position as Fig. 3, the means for pivoting the wire-holder being slightly modified.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in the different figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A indicates the line-wires of the fence, and B B the posts, said posts being constructed of metal and provided with openings near one edge at regular intervals to receive the pin 0,

by means of which wire-holders D are pivotally secured to the posts at the proper distances apart to hold the wires at the desired heights, according to the style of fence.

The wire-holders D are provided with perforated ends E, which embrace the edge of the post and receive the pivotal pins, the inner face F of the wire-holder being flat and adapted when in position, asin Figs. 1, 3, and at, to lie snug and flat against the face of the post. Formed in this inner face is a horizontal groove G of a diameter and depth sufficient to accommodate the line-wires of the fence. The inner side of. the wire-holder is cut away, leaving a projecting end H, as shown.

In Fig. 4 the wire-holder is shown as piv= oted between lugs formed on the post instead of being bifurcated to embrace the post, as in the other figures.

The construction of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and its operation may be described as follows: The wire being stretched along the posts, wire-holders D are turned downward, the line-wires seated in the grooves G, and an open spring-wire locking-ring I, which encircles the post, is passed over the projecting end H of the Wire-holder, firmly securing the holder with itsinner face F in close contact with the face of the post B and the wire firmly held in the groove G.

From the foregoing description it will be obvious that the labor attending the securing of wires to the metallic fence-posts is reduced to a minimum. The devices employed are extremely simple and cheap, and when the wires are secured in position they will be firmly held against movement in any direction.

While I have illustrated and described what I now consider efficient means for carrying out my invention, I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, but hold that such slight changes or variations as might suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic would properly fall within the limit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

holder having a flat inner face to lie against the face of the post, a horizontal groove in said face to receive the line-Wire and a projecting end H, and the locking-ring I, adapted to encircle the post and wire-holder and securely fasten them together, substantially as described.

WILLIAM FRIEDRICH SCH ROEDER.

\Vitnesses:

O. F. JACOBSEN, GEO. W. CURTIS. 

